We’re thrilled to be able to tip our hat to this World War II POW turned broadcasting pioneer, whose multifaceted history in the industry spans radio (including working for Candid Microphone, an audio precursor to the iconic Candid Camera, and serving as a war correspondent for Voice of America), television hosting gigs (including on The $64,000 Challenge and the long-running and hugely popular children’s program Wonderama), and executive positions like chairman of the board of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and vice president of children’s programming for NBC.

For baby boomers, Fox’s greatest claim to fame is undoubtedly Wonderama, which he hosted from 1959 to 1967. In a blurb for the new book, Goldberg says, “Sunday mornings as a kid meant two things: I had to go to church and I had to watch Sonny Fox and Wonderama.” Among the show’s illustrious guests was Robert F. Kennedy, who stopped by to have a sober talk with a group of remarkably well-behaved grade-schoolers, one of whom asked, “Senator Kennedy, how did you feel when you were hit with eggs in Latin America?” Check it out below.

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